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Offences against one's Self. | Offences against one's Self. Paederasty<lb/></head> | ||
<p>in favour of it <add>upon the subject</add> without taking notice of that circumstance.<lb/></p> | <p>in favour of it) <add>upon the subject</add> without taking notice of that circumstance.<lb/></p> | ||
A notion more obvious, but perhaps not much <lb/> <note>Whether it hurts population?</note> | A notion more obvious, but perhaps not much <lb/> <note>Whether it hurts population?</note> | ||
better founded than the former is that of it's being <lb/> | better founded than the former is that of it's being <lb/> | ||
prejudicial to population. <add>[+]</add> | prejudicial to population. <add>[+]</add> <note>Pr. Jus. 3</note> M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Voltaire appears disposed<lb/> | ||
<hi rend="superscript">inclined</hi> in one part of his works to give <unclear>some</unclear><lb/> | |||
countenance to this opinion. He speaks of it as a <lb/> | countenance to this opinion. He speaks of it as a <lb/> | ||
vice which would be [the destruction of, or at least would<lb/> | vice which would be [the destruction of, or at least would<lb/> | ||
be] destructive to the human race if it were general.<lb/> | be] destructive to the human race if it were general.<lb/> | ||
<foreign>Comment est-il <unclear> | <foreign>Comment s'est-il <unclear>pu</unclear> faire qu'un vice destructeur <lb/> | ||
<unclear> | du genre humain, s'il etait general; qu'un <lb/> | ||
naturel?<add>+</add></foreign>. <del><gap/></del> A little further on speaking of <lb/> | <unclear>attentat</unclear> <lb/> | ||
< | infame contre la nation, soit pourtant si <lb/> | ||
naturel?<add>+</add></foreign>.<note><foreign>Questions sur l'Encyclop. Amour Socratique.</foreign></note> <del><gap/></del> A little further on speaking of <lb/> | |||
<unclear>Sextus</unclear> Empiricus who would have us believe that the <lb/> | |||
<sic>practise</sic> was "recommended" <del><gap/></del> in Persia by the laws, <lb/> | <sic>practise</sic> was "recommended" <del><gap/></del> in Persia by the laws, <lb/> | ||
he insists that the effect of such a law would be to <lb/> | he insists that the effect of such a law would be to <lb/> | ||
annihilate that human race if it were literally <lb/> | annihilate that human race if it were literally <lb/> | ||
observed. "Non, <add>(says he)</add> il n'est pas dans la nature humaine <lb/> | observed. "Non, <add>(says he)</add> il n'est pas dans la nature humaine <lb/> | ||
" | "de faire une loi qui contredit, & qui outrage la <lb/> | ||
"nature, une | "nature, une loi qui <unclear>ancontirait</unclear> le genre-humain <lb/> | ||
"si elle etait | "si elle etait observee a la lettre." This consequence <lb/> | ||
however is far enough from being a necessary one. <lb/> | however is far enough from being a necessary one. <lb/> | ||
For a law of the purport he represents to be | For a law of the purport he represents to be observed, it <lb/> | ||
is sufficient that this unprolific | is sufficient that this unprolific kind of venery be practiced:<lb/> | ||
it is not necessary that it should be practised to<lb/> | |||
the exclusion of that which is prolific. <hi rend="superscript">Now</hi> That there<lb/> | |||
should ever be wanting such a measure of the regular<lb/> | |||
and ordinary inclination of desire for the proper object as<lb/> | |||
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C
Offences against one's Self. Paederasty
in favour of it) upon the subject without taking notice of that circumstance.
A notion more obvious, but perhaps not much
Whether it hurts population?
better founded than the former is that of it's being
prejudicial to population. [+] Pr. Jus. 3 Mr Voltaire appears disposed
inclined in one part of his works to give some
countenance to this opinion. He speaks of it as a
vice which would be [the destruction of, or at least would
be] destructive to the human race if it were general.
Comment s'est-il pu faire qu'un vice destructeur
du genre humain, s'il etait general; qu'un
attentat
infame contre la nation, soit pourtant si
naturel?+.Questions sur l'Encyclop. Amour Socratique. A little further on speaking of
Sextus Empiricus who would have us believe that the
practise was "recommended" in Persia by the laws,
he insists that the effect of such a law would be to
annihilate that human race if it were literally
observed. "Non, (says he) il n'est pas dans la nature humaine
"de faire une loi qui contredit, & qui outrage la
"nature, une loi qui ancontirait le genre-humain
"si elle etait observee a la lettre." This consequence
however is far enough from being a necessary one.
For a law of the purport he represents to be observed, it
is sufficient that this unprolific kind of venery be practiced:
it is not necessary that it should be practised to
the exclusion of that which is prolific. Now That there
should ever be wanting such a measure of the regular
and ordinary inclination of desire for the proper object as
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